Guardian 8_29_18

12. The Amboy Guardian * August 29, 2018
This Week in World War II
75 Years Ago
By: Phil Kohn. Dedicated to the memory of his father, GM3
Walter Kohn, U.S. Navy Armed Guard, USNR, and all men and
women who have answered the country’s call in time of need.
Phil can be contacted at ww2remembered@yahoo.com.
On August 27, U.S. Marines retake Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands.
Arundel Island, also in the Solomons, is reported secured
as well. U.S. troops land on Nukufetau, an atoll in the Ellice Islands.
In the Bay of Biscay, off western France, the Royal Navy
sloop HMS Egret is the first ship to be sunk (with the loss of 194
of its crew) by a guided missile. The newly developed Henschel
Hs 263 is a radio-controlled glide bomb with a rocket engine attached
that is launched from a bomber. The success of the attack
causes the Royal Navy to withdraw anti-submarine patrols from
the area.
King Boris III of Bulgaria (which is aligned with the Axis) dies
under mysterious circumstances at the age of 49 on August 28.
Some conspiracy theorists maintain he was poisoned by the Germans,
who may have wanted a more-compliant ruler, while others
opine that he was poisoned by the Communists for his collaboration
with the Nazis. The official cause of death is listed as
“heart attack.” Boris’s six-year-old son takes the throne as King
Simeon II; Prime Minister Bogdan Filov is named as regent. In
Scandinavia, the Danish government receives a German ultimatum
to “do more,” including establishing the death penalty, as
a sabotage campaign by the Danish Resistance reaches a crescendo.
In response, the Danish government resigns en masse.
The German Army on August 29 occupies Copenhagen, Denmark,
declares martial law, arrests Prime Minister Erik Scavenius
and confines King Christian X to his palace. As this is being
done, the Royal Danish Navy scuttles 32 vessels of its fleet,
leaving only a few small craft to be taken by the Germans. Some
vessels escape to neutral Sweden.
An air battle between 44 USAAF P-38s and 75 Luftwaffe fighters
occurs above Italy on August 30. The P-38s are escorting a
large formation of B-26s on their way to bomb railroad marshalling
yards at Aversa, about three miles north of Naples. The
Americans lose 13 P-38s but shoot down 9 Axis aircraft. The
fighter action allows the bombers to make an unmolested run to
their target, where they cause extreme damage without loss. In
Germany, the Ministry of Transport forbids non-business use of
horse-drawn vehicles, mandating their use only in “work of war
importance.”
The Japanese submarine I-8 reaches France on August 31 after
a marathon voyage from Penang, Malaya. In Germany, the
RAF again pounds Berlin: over 600 bombers drop more than
1,000 tons of ordnance, killing about 5,000 civilians. In Eastern
Europe, Hitler allows Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, commander
of Army Group South, to make limited withdrawals in
the Ukraine. In the Pacific, the Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter —
flown from aircraft carriers by Navy and Marine Corps pilots —
makes its combat debut. (Of the 6,477 Japanese aircraft that U.S.
carrier-based pilots claimed to have destroyed during the war,
the Hellcat was responsible for 4,979 [77%] of them.)
On September 1, 1943, U.S. troops occupy Baker Island, just
north of the Equator in the Pacific, roughly halfway between Hawaii
and Australia.
The neutral Swedish ocean liner MS Gripsholm on September
2 departs from Jersey City, New Jersey, for Mormugao, Goa,
Portuguese India, carrying 1,330 Japanese citizens stranded in
the U.S. when the war broke out. By an agreement between the
U.S. and Japan, the Japanese ship Teia Maru will bring 1,525
civilians of American and other nationalities similarly stranded
in Japan to Mormugao, where an exchange will take place on
October 15, 1943.
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A.C. Bus Trip
San Salvador Seniors
PERTH AMBOY - The San Salvador
Seniors are sponsoring a
bus trip to Caesar’s Casino in
AC on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018.
Bus leaves 12 Noon from the
Perth Amboy Knights of Columbus,
High Street, Perth Amboy.
Cost 30 pp. Receive $30
back in slot dollars. For more
info call Joe at 732-826-0819.
A.C. Bus Trip
Holy Rosary
Seniors
HOPELAWN – The Holy Rosary
Seniors are sponsoring a
bus trip to Golden Nugget Casino,
Atlantic City, NJ, Tuesday
October 2, 2018. Bus leaves 10
a.m. from church parking lot.
Cost $30; $25 back in play and
$5 food voucher. For any questions,
call Ronnie at 732-442-
5252.
A.C. Bus Trip
St. John Paul II
Seniors
PERTH AMBOY – A trip to the
Resorts Casino in Atlantic City
will be held on Wed. Sept. 26,
2018. Cost $35 pp.; $25 back in
slot play. Bus will depart from
behind St. Stephens Church
parking lot on Mechanic Street
at 9:30 a.m. Call Bobbi to reserve
a seat: 732-636-2867.
Art Show
Jacqueline Baker
PERTH AMBOY – Art Show
of Jacqueline Baker, in honor
of Patricia Baker, August 25-
29, 2018. at The Gallery for
the Arts, 339 Reade St., Perth
Amboy. Guest Artist Henry
Osaretin. Entertainment: Ernest
Baker, Bass & Noel Beers,
Trombone.
Open Mic
SOUTH AMBOY – The South
Amboy Knights of Columbus
Council 426 resume their
monthly Open Mic musical
evening Friday, September
28 th at 8 p.m. at 308 Fourth St.,
South Amboy. There is no cover
charge. Anyone who belongs to
a group or is a soloist is invited
to perform. Drums and amplifiers
will be provided. Refreshments
will be available. For
more information call 732-721-
2025.
Summer
Wine-Down
SOUTH AMBOY - Sacred
Heart Church in South Amboy
will have their first ever wine
tasting fundraiser Saturday September
15 th from 7 p.m. to 10
p.m. in Sacred Heart's Memorial
Hall. Tickets are now on
sale and are $30 in advance and
$40 at the door. You must be 21
or over to attend. Children will
not be admitted. Tickets include
food, dessert, and over 150
wine, beer, and spirits to sample.
For more information call
the Sacred Heart parish office at
732-721-0040.
Pet of the Week
Mia Bella waiting for Parents, Josie & Sonny to come home
Have a Special Pet?
E-mail us your Pet Photos to AmboyGuardian@
gmail.com with Pet of the Week in the Subject
line and explain why your pet is special. Please
include Name and Phone# for verification.
Helping
Veterans Find
a Place to
Call Home
PERTH AMBOY – Are you or
know a veteran with DD 214?
Are you or they interested in
being a first-time home owner?
The Perth Amboy Housing
Authority is looking for a Veteran
to help realize the dream
of home ownership. The first
step is to attend the First Time
Homebuyer Class to obtain information
on how you can be
eligible for our upcoming lottery.
You fought for our country,
now let us fight for you! Register
Today! Housing Authority of
the City of Perth Amboy, 881
Amboy Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ
08861. Call to reserve your seat
today: 732-826-3110 ext. 647
or email homeownership@perthamboyha.org
We are a HUD
Certified Housing Counseling
Agency. Free for all Veterans
with a DD 214.
Press Release
SOUTH AMBOY - The Dowdell
Library of South Amboy invites
avid shutterbugs to enter the library’s
Fall Photo Contest. Celebrate
our community through the
art of photography, and contribute
to the Library's local history
picture collection.
All photo entries must feature
a SOUTH AMBOY BUSINESS.
The submission should be a
clearly identifiable image of an
interior or exterior place of business.
Photographs should be taken
between September 1 and October
31 and submitted by November
15, 2018. Contestants may
submit up to five high resolution
DIGITAL images to: comments@dowdell.org;
open to
amateur photographers only.
Please include the location of
the photograph, the date the photograph
was taken, your name,
and contact information.
Important photo release! Photographs
that contain recogniz-
St. Mary's
High School
Class of 1958
Reunion
PERTH AMBOY – Friday,
Sept. 28. 2018 from 12 Noon to
4 p.m. The Grand Marquis, Old
Bridge. All Graduates from St.
Mary’s or Perth Amboy High
School invited. Call Betty Pappas:
732-236-4479 or Joan
Dias: 732-634-0239.
Vendor Night
SOUTH AMBOY – The South
Amboy Columbiettes hold a
Fall Vendor Night on Friday,
November 9 th from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus
Columbian Club at 308
Fourth St., South Amboy. Vendors
are wanted. Please contact
Cheryl at 732-407-3295 or
sa426ladies@yahoo.com
Fall Photo Contest
Share your Photos of South Amboy’s
Dynamic Businesses!
able people must be accompanied
by a release form signed by each
person photographed. If individuals
are under the age of eighteen,
their parent or legal guardian
must sign the photo release.
Awards will be based on artistic
distinction and historical value.
Awards will be presented for the
best “South Amboy” photograph,
the Runner-up, and one for the
best “architectural” photograph.
Winners will be announced at
the library’s HOLIDAY OPEN
HOUSE on Monday, December 3
at 7:30 pm.
By entering the contest, participants
allow the library to use the
images in library publications,
their website/social media or in
future exhibits; photographers
will be credited.
For further details, please contact
the Dowdell Library of South
Amboy at 732-721-6060 or comments@dowdell.org.
The Library
is located off John T. O’Leary
Blvd – adjacent to the South Amboy
High School.